davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-10-07
New Fashion Publication.

Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarter
ly for Autumn brings US its profusion
of literature in which the ladies de-
light. The contents are fittingly in
troduced by richly.colored frontis-
piece portraying the latest styles of
ladies' autumn dresses. The short
story, "My Namesake, Cupid, and a
Game of Tennis" by Findley Muir
head, is cleverly managed love af-
fair. There are elaborate articles on
honiton lace making and on knitting
terms, as also one on Melted edgings
and insertions, which. will be of prac-
tical use to needlewomen. Ladies
who employ their leisure in decora-
ting their apartments with specimens
of their own handiwork will find
matters of interest in the articles on
embroidered fire-screen, painted sea-
weeds, satin butterflies. art work
with birds and butterflies, and home
upholstery. There are the pages fill.
ed with illustrated fashion gossip, in
addition to which there are articles
on draping, cutting-out dresses,
embroidered aprons, and an illustrat-
ed page OF autumn costumes which
are described. There is reasonable
and practical article on economical
housekeeping and another on the art
of trusting and boning fowls. In
the same line Miss Juliet Corson's
regular instalment of kitchen infor-
nation. The Craze Club discusses
sacred music, the conversation class
Russomania and other feminine
foibles, including the arithmetical.
geometrical, progressive scheme.
The music of this number is Little
Farm Waltz" and arrangement has
ed on the air of j. Massinghi's duet,
"When Little Farm We Keep"
The price of this magazine is 80
cents a year and the publishers,
Strawbridge & Clothier of Philadel-
phia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-10-07

around me, as if to discover the
source of the fragrant odor. Sud
denly she buried her little nose iii
the fir pillow on which it was resting
shifted contentedly for few minutes
then fell asleep. Seyeraktimes after
this 1 noticed her enjoying the odor;
1t brought comfort and sleepiness.
We make a little pillow for her, fill
ing it with the tender tips of the fire.
balsam, and now she rests in her bas.
sinet on a mattress of pine, hemlock
and fire, with the little pillow of bal
sam at her head. At night take
this same pillow to her crib, and she
sleeps more sweetly than on her pill
low of hair. She will go to sleep
readily at her bedtime (six o'clock.
and often does not waken till mid
night. When restless in her sleep
few shifts of the pillow will often
bring sound sleep again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-10-07
How Mr.. Perkins Was Convinced.
(Concluded0

Mrs. Perkins and Dolly went
ahead and did their best for their
hens, as a natural consequence the
hens did their best for them. With
in a month from the time they were
brought on the farm, nearly every
hen was laying, and encouraged by a
warm breakfast every morning as
soon as they could see to eat it, a
supper of grain the last thing at
night, daily supply of green food,
meat scraps three or four times a
week, water, oyster shells and gray
ell all the time, and plenty of room
to scratch and wallow in, they kept
on laying right through the winter
at rate which surprised Mr.. Per-
kins, and delighted Mrs. Perkins
and Dolly. Sometimes Mr.. Perkins
began to think that if the hens kept
on that way, his chance for new
hat at Mrs. Peters expense would be
pretty small. Along the latter part
of February, the hens began to sit,
and by the first of May she had
about 300 hundred chickens in little
coops scattered over the orchard.
Time passed on, as it always does,
in stories or out of them. Some of
the chickens died, and the hawks
took some, but most of them lived
and grew. as chickens that arc well
fed and well cared for do. Early in
the fall Mrs. Perkins selected so of
the best pullets to keep over; the
rest, with the exception of some of
of the late Matched chickens which
she kept for home consumption as
needed through the winter. were
sent to market. together with half
the old hens. About that time the
earliest pullets began to lay, and
soon afterwards the day of reckon
ing" just a year from the day, Mr.
Perkins measured out the first lot of
feed, came. "Wellv' exclaimed Mr..
Perkins, after he had carefully gone
over the whole account for the third
time, 1919 over and above the cost
of keepin' the hens and raisin' the
chickens; and you've got % more
pullets than you had to begin with,
to say nothing of the chickens you've
saved out to eat! Betsey, I'll give
in that poultry keepin' pays. espec-
tally when managed by my wife and
daughter. Your half of the profits
this year won't buy an organ, Dolly,
but you'll fetch it another year. if
you do as we'll accordingly on. IS
hens as you have done on 50.'
They did even better the next
year, and Dolly had her organ. and
her mother had the new parlor car
pet, and several other things that
she had set her heart on. By that
time Mr.. Perkins had so much conf
dence in the hen business, that when
Dolly proposed another house and
yard and conveniences for raising
early broilers, he fell in with the idea
and the other house was built.
That was half dozen years ago.
and the hen business under the man.
agement Of Mrs. Perkins and her
daughter, has prospered and increas-
ed every year since. Last year it
paid them a clear profit of nearly
$500. Perkins feels decidedly proud
of their success, anu has been heard
to declare that hens paid better than
any other stock on the farm.-Fanny
Field in PrasGe Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-10-07

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at 4S a. m.
G so a, m. and O5 p. m. Market Train, Tuesdays
and Fridays only. at IL 90 q. m. Sunday Trains at
Z 90 p. M and 40 p. m.
LEAVE GOING SOUTH.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-10-07

DIR. Seth Arnold; My Dear Sir
"The Cough Killer you kindly sent
me is almost gone, and want it al
ways in the house. I wish the world
knew its value" Rev. Jefferson Has
kali, Medford, Mass. Price 25c SOC.
end $l.0O per bottle.
DR.. Seth Arnold's Sugar Coated
Bilious Pills, unequalled,,for costiveness
jaundice and liver troubles. 25c. For
sale by G.. &. Sill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-10-07
Babies Comfort.

Probably many mothers have in
their homes little pillows of fire-bal-
sam. Let me suggest that baby may
enjoy a part of these pillows, and
that the mothers will find this a
helpful and healthful way of inducing
long, restful maps. When our little
daughter was about six weeks old |
noticed her one day shifting all
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-10-07

1--WE keep ON hand a full line of
Blanks. Orders by mail
filled at short notice from the MID
LAND office.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-10-07
PHILADELPHIA, WHINING
Il TON & BALTIMORE R. R.

CENTRAL DIVISION
On and after Sunday. May 3Oth, 1886, train
will run asfollows:
LEAVE GOING NORTH,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-14

tudeS through which the sheep business has
been passing, the breeder of mutton sheep
has kept stiff upper lip while the merino
breeders have been sweating and tuning
Like them, believe in tariff as a matter
of justice to the sheep breeder and wool
grower, but can squeeze through, tariff or
no tariff, and have the figures show very
well in the proper column. So can any
mutton breeder. Every hour that passes
improves the market for good mutton Our
people are constantly learning the differ
ence between good mutton and poor NUT
ton; and as intelligence spreads the people
are learning that mutton is the most health
ful of all animal foods. In this country we
are giving more and more attention to the
character of foods. The subject of proper
food is widely discussed, and the number of
those who are learning to eat scientifically
Is increasing all the time; and this is de-
cidedly in favor of mutton. Merino sheep
are kept in the United States to-day on the
old principle that the boy does just as his
father did. 1t is not complimentary to our
good sense and enterprise to keep breed of
sheep that pays less profit than some other
bread
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-14
Treat Your Cows Gently.

A correspondent of the Michigan Farmer
tells short story which it may do some
farmers good to read. 1t is as follows: l
know two farmers who live only a short
distance apart Each one owns few good
milch-cows and perhaps half dozen young
cattle. Mr.. A. never allows his COWS to be
hurried; they are driven from the field at a
moderate pace; they are MIXED while stand-
ing quietly i'll the yard. His young cattle
areas quiet and gentle as kittens, allowing
the children to fondle and caress them. Mr..
s. drives his cows with dog, runs them
into the yard and, taking up pail, he cor
ners COW and endeavors to milk her. The
cow, Hurried and heated, will not stand
Mr.. B. grabs pitchfork and chases the cow
around the yard, trying to make her stand
Finding this impossible he undertakes to
drive her into the stable. He gets her near
the door, then with few prods of the fork
he gets her into the stable and closes the
door, Of course the COW, now thoroughly
frightened, does not go into the right stall,
and then with whoop the brute goes for
the COW with the fork. After getting her
into the stall he again tries to milk and sue
ceeds in getting perhaps a couple of quarts
He then complains that his cows have good
pastures but don't give any milk, while Mr..
A. has no better pasture; and gets an
abundance of rich milk If Mr. B. would
try the effects of good treatment upon his
COWS he would get better satisfaction from
them. Kindness is never lost even upon
dumb brutes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-14
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER IA, 1887.

trim them neatly, removing the skin or fat,
leaving only enough of the latter to make
them palatable. Put the chops on grid
IRON over very clear fire; turn them fire.
quently, taking care that the fork is not put
INTO the lean part of the chops. Season
them with pepper and salt. When done put
piece of fresh butter over each chop and
send them to the table on a hot dish.
BAKED APPLE PUDDING.-Take four tart
apples, sliced or chopped, put them in a
well-buttered dish, make batter with a
pint of sweet milk, pint of -four, pinch
OF salt, one teaspoonful of baking powder
and two well-beaten eggs; pour over the
apples and bake Sauce-A half pint water,
let 1t boil; add nice lump butter, little
salt half cup sugar, little wet cornstarch
to thlcken it like cream, little yellow rind
OF lemon and some of the juice; boil all
together and serve.
STEWED CELERY. Take the green stalks
not suitable to eat raw, scrape and wash
clean. Cut in pieces an inch long and soak
Ill cold water Is minutes, then put in a
saucepan of boiling water, salt and cook
tender; drain and put in cold water. Put
one tablespoonful butter in frying pan,
melt and add flour to thicken, mix smooth
and thin with half pint of milk, stir until
1t bolls, add three tablespoonful of water,
with salt and pepper, add the celery o the
sauce, heat through and serve.
WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKE.-Three cups
sugar, one cup butter, one-half cup sweet
mlik, whites of ten eggs, one-half teaspoon
full soda and one teaspoonful cream tartar
slfted with the -four; four and one-half cups
flour; flavor with essence of bitter almond.
Icing, whites of three eggs and one pound
powdered sugar. Flavor with lemon juice.
Bake i'll jeIycake tins and fill with grated
cocoanut sweetened with a quarter of its
weight Of powdered sugar, or with icing
such as is made for Lee cake, only favored
with lemon entirely.
LIGHT BIsCUIT.-Two quarts best sifted
-four one pint sweet milk, in which melt
one-quarter pound butter, one teaspoonful
salt in the milk, one teacup fresh yeast
make hole in the centre, pour in the yeast
well shaken), stir diligently with a fork;
let the milk, ETC., be just lukewarm mo
more; then knead as bread; cut it across
through and through with knife; let it
rise six or seven hours, as it may require
take from the pan, knead it well, cut in
small caeks and put to rise in the pan an
hour or more before baking. This recipe,
with sugar and suitable spices, makes ex-
cellent doughnuts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-14
Important to Tobacco Growers

An Eastern poultry keeper says that
where a large field of tobacco is grown the
turkey viii do efficient work destroying the
large green worms that so often do so much
damage. A turkey hen and her brood will
search every hill and not single plant will
be missed. They are very fond of the
worms, which serve as animal food, and
they save much labor, as those who grow
tobacco know that it is often necessary to
go over the crop every day in order to kill
the worms, which is a very tedious job. The
turkeys eat many grasshoppers, as well as
slugs of various kinds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-14
Something of a Dog.

A correspondent gives the following de-
scription of Central Indian dogs in the Stock;
Keeper: The "Bunjara," a dog of "a to %
inches in height at shoulder is, beyond de-
scription, the most ferocious of all breed OF
dogs that | have ever known. He is, like
his master, born villain; no coaxing or
Establishments avail with hirn--he will tear
and rend his best friend, and will devour his
sisters, his cousins or his aunts'' with i'm
punity. ! say like his master, as the only
persons who own "Bunjaras' are the crimi-
nal tribes, and principally the "Bmiera"
tribe. Now, the "Bunjaran people, by their
caste, are born rogues and vagabonds, and
the more evil they can do, the more wrongs
they can commit, the softer their bed and
the more pleasurable their life in Valhalla
when they die, which many say they sci
dom do-naturally. The "Bunjara" dog is
like this, only more SO. He is a cunning
fox, an Unsuitable hater, consummato vii
lain; yet he has some good points He can
and will bold out to the last gasp, he never
tires, and TO one and only one does he ever
give lis allegiance, and TO him no sticks. OF
women he is despiser, regarding them like
his master does--only as means to an
end In color he is dark brown or gray,
shading TO black; his coat is close, like
mastif s, but tufted on the elbows and
hooks, and feathered down inside of fore
legs; bis tail is carried low, except when
excited and has good deal Of brush, espe-
cially at tip; his ears are fiat to the head
and only slightly raised on occasion. He is
used exclusively for hunting, and only by
natives-never by Europeans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-14
Household.

BOILED ONIONS. Wash, peel and boil in
milk and water ten minutes and drain. Pat
i'll more boiling water and cook one hour
Seas n with salt and pepper and serve with
drawn butter.
CELERY RooT.-Core one dozen celery
roots; throw them in cold water and soak
half an hour. Then put in a saucepan OF
boiling salt water and cook tender. Drain
cut in slices and serve with cream sauce.
MILK FRosTING.-Ten tablespoonfuls of
sweet milk one and half cups of sugar,
let boil six minutes; take off and stir until
quite white; put in a little lemon, spread
quickly before getting too hard, wetting the
knife III cold water Very nice.
WHITE CAKE.-One-half cup of butter
and two cups of sugar worked to cream,
the whites of seven eggs beaten TO stiff
froth, one-third cup of sweet milk, three
cups of -four; flavor with vanilla and add
two tablespoonful baking powder.
BOILED FRosTING.-One-half cup sugar
and one tablespoonful water; let it boil until
it hairs from the spoon, then beat the white
of an egg very light and pour the boiling
sugar on it, beating very fast until it will
stand alone. The cake must be cold.
TAFFY.-Three pounds treacle, two pounds
moist sugar, one-half pound butter: flavor
with few drops only of essence of lemon
or of peppermint; boil it one and half
hour, watching all the time that it does not
boil over las it is apt to do if not attended
to and stirred now and them
CoRNsTARCH PIE-One pint sweet milk,
one cup sugar, two tablespoonfuls corn
starch, yellls two eggs. Cook in pail in a
kettle Of water; when thick flavor to taste
and pour into previously baked crust.
Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth,
add four tablespoonfuls OF sugar spread over
the pie and brown slightly.
FRIED ONIONS Cover with cold water
and remove the skins. Cut them in slices,
cover with boiling water, add teaspoonfu1
of salt and boil 20 minutes; drain and add
one ounce of butter to the onions and fry
for half an hour. Season with salt and
pepper and serve hot.
JELLY RoLL.-One cup -four, one cup
sugar, four tablespoonfuls melted butter,
two tablespoonfuls water, three eggs, two
level teaspoonfuls cream tartar and one tea
spoonful soda sifted into the flour. Put all
the ingredients together and beat ten min
utes bake in two long sheets, spread with
Jelly and roll up while hot. Cream tartar
and soda may be omitted and one teaspoon
full baking powder used instead.
BRoLED MUTTON CHOPS. Cut some
chops from the best end Of the loin or neck,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-14
The Art of Butter Making.

Mr.. ID. W. Curtis, of Wisconsin, noted as
leading dairyman, gives the whole art of
making best butter in nutshell. 1t con-
sists of plenty of good and nutritious food
for the COWS. Let them drink only such
water as you would yourself Gentleness
and cleanliness should be shown in managing
cows. Brush the udder to free it from all
impurities Milk in clean barn, well ven
tilated, quickly, cheerfully, with clean hands
and pail. Seldom change mixers. Strain
milk while warm; submerge in water 49,.
Open setting CO... Skim at IL hours; at "A
hours. Care must be exercised to ripen
cream by frequent STRINGS, keeping at co.
until slightly sour. Better have one COW
less than be without thermometer. Churns
without inside fixtures. Lever butter
worker. Keep sweet and clean. In churn-
ing stir the cream thoroughly: temper to
CO. warm or cool with water. Churn i'm
mediately when properly soured, slowly at
first with a regular motion, in 40 to 90 min
utes. When butter is formed in granules
the size of wheat kernels, draw off the but
ter-milking; wash with cold water and brine
until no trace of butter is left. In working
and sailing let the water drain out: weigh
the butter; salt one ounce to the pound; sift
salt on the butter and work with lever
worker. Set away two to four hours, and
slightly rewOrk and pack.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-14

shaft is eight times as strong as one-inch
shaft, while a three-inch shaft is - times IS
strong.
The latest cure for consumption is that
advocated by NJ Garcin before the Paris
Academic de Medicine, which consists in the
inhalation of fiuohydric acid. The patient
remains for an hour daily in cabinet of
six cubic metres capacity, the air of which
is saturated with huohydric acid
A new idea is that of an English mo
chanic who, in the English Mechanic and
World Of Science, describes a device for
filing fiat surfaces "easily and quickly" 1t
consists of framework fixed on the bench
behind the wise, and by means of which a
small wooden roller is pressed upon the file
over the centre of the surface being filed.
The Van Rysselberghe system, which per-
mltS of utilizing the same wire for tele
graphic and telephone communication, is
applied to over 1000 miles of line, of which
nearly $500 miles are in Belgium, about
$500 miles in France, about 900 miles in
Germany and the rest In Austria, Bavaria,
Denmark, Spain, Holland, Switzerland and
Wrtemburg The system Is in process, or
above, some of these extensions being in
Turkey, Russia, Roumania, Portugal and
Italy.
A lamp has recently been on exhibition
in the English House of Commons which
consists of a small portable battery. The
lamp shown was calculated to burn, with a
light of two and a half candles, twelve
hours, at a cost of / penny, and the zinc
plate, which would also cost a penny, would
have to be charged every % days. 1t is de-
signed for railroad carriages, omnibuses and
mines. Lamps Of the same pattern of five
candle power are made for use in rooms.
They last Is honrs at a cost of pence.
In New Orleans, where the soil is water
logged three feet beneath the surface, they
get over the difficulty of putting telegraph
and telephone wires under ground by erect
ing strong towers $50 feet high at intervals
and bracing them together with cables of
steel-wire rope These cables support the
cross-arms, ETC., to which the telegraph aud
telephone wires are attached, and the wires
are securely carried above the public streets
The towers are also utilized for tire-extin-
gushing purposes, as a stand-pipe. with
nOzzles at different elevations, is fitted to
each tower.
1t is the general practice in Spain to shoe
horses without the application of heat, and
very few shoeingsmiths have bellows or
FORCES in their shops. They also make their
shoes without the aid of fires, a fact largely
due to the pure, soft, ductie iron, prima-
rlly manufactured with wood and charcoal.
The Spanish "herrador" or shoeingsmith,
for he does no other work, general jobbng
or repairing, has 10 use for the drawing
knife, and he never touches or paTeS any,
thing but the wall, and that with the but
teris and on no consideration would he put
on calk unless ordered so to do by vete-
rlnarian. 1t may be surprising, but never
theleSS 1t is so, that lamenesS located in the
feet or caused by shooting is far more rare
in Spain than in England or America.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-14
The Grape Industry.

The trade edition of the Leesburg (Fla.)
Commercial prints an interesting article
on grape culture on the sandy lands of
Florida. All that is said will probably
apply as well to lands of the same character
in this State The article is by Baron Won
Lutterchau, who is resident of Alachua
county. He says: 1t is now demonstrated
without doubt that the grape industry could
be one of the leading resources for this State
IN the near future. | can justly say that |
introduced grape growing into this section,
and | am gratified to see wherever my ex-
ample has been followed success has been
their reward. Everywhere in the State,
from Tallahassee to the southern counties,
vineyards of respectable size are growing
up and the day should not be far when those
poor, despised blackjack sand hills will
prove source of wealth to their impover-
lshed owners | have seen many parts of
the world in my life and | can truly say
where grapegrowing and wine-making is
the leading industry prosperity will follow
In their path. A few months ago, to inform
myself of the relative success of the grape
in different parts of Florida, have made
tour from one vineyard to another and what
l have seen surpassed my expectations. In
every direction / met with fourishing vines
and, surprising as it may seem, have seen
no failure where the right kinds were planted
and knowledge was employed. The people
seem to think that something must be found
besides the doubtful orange, and the long
neglected grape will come to the rescue.
praf nj e NIL
have had the pleasure of showing my vine
yard, has made visit all through the State
and he has returned home well satisfied with
what he has seen, and the Professor, an ex-
perienced vineyardist from France concurs
IN my opinion, that many parts of Florida,
especially those which lie useless now, could
be made a mine Of wealth for this State.
He has IS acres in Norton's and Cynthiana,
the grape for Florida the grape for any part
of the State. The finest claret can be made
from these grapes, that will command re-
spectacle prices all over the world. There
are also good number of superior early
table grapes, of which / make myself a
speciality, they bringing most remunerative
prices in early months But successful
grape-growing for market to any extent,
without the manufacture of wine, is impos
sible The greatest want of Florida just
now is immigration to this State, and gen
eral efforts to that effect seem to be made.
Few men in Florida understand thoroughly
grape-growing and wine making. You need
french and German winners to teach, and
whenever those foreigners have found out
the value of the State for such an enterprise
they will not long be wanting.